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[apocalypsos]

A confidential memo circulating among senior Republican leaders suggests that a new attack by terrorists on U.S. soil could reverse the sagging fortunes of President George W. Bush as well as the GOP and "restore his image as a leader of the American people."

A CNET article that pretty much rips Sony a new one.

The cardboard box is inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame. HEE! I love this. Of course the box makes it in, because God knows some of us played with them more than the toys. :)

Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton will reportedly play the angelic mother of an arrogant slacker son in a new comedy called "Mama's Boy." The slacker son? Jon Heder. Oh, my God, I kind of want to see this movie right now.

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[stevie-jane.livejournal.com]

Bomb us again plz!

I really wouldn't put it past them to set something up, say it was the omgz terrorists that did it, and then expect to be lauded as heroes for thwarting something they themselves did.

Really can't win them votes, not in any sane world.

[lasergirl.livejournal.com]

Apparently Sony is pretending they have cured it:
http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/updates.html

but somehow I don't believe them.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

a new attack by terrorists on U.S. soil could reverse the sagging fortunes of President George W. Bush

...or maybe make it even more clear that the whole "attack them over there so they don't come here" plan was just as piss-poor as we all thought. That whole "I'm the man to turn to in times of crisis" image drowned along with New Orleans; they're not getting that back.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

You'd think they'd realize another terrorist attack on American soil is going to make it worse for them, not better. I mean, they're the ones sitting around saying that they can protect us from "evildoers" (apparently, hurricanes don't count), and when I was still torturing myself with Bill O'Reilly, a lot of people were calling in saying that they didn't like a lot of his policies, but they liked him because he has kept us safe since 9/11.

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

See, there are people who will call me treasonous and unpatriotic for saying it?

But I think Team Dubya knew well in advance that something big was going to go down.

I think they may not have known it was the WTC, and the Pentagon necessarily, but they knew, and let it happen so they would be able to whip up their followers into a patriotic-religious frenzy and get them all fired up for a war.

The reason I think this is that it took way longer to scramble the jets when the planes went off course than it's supposed to, according to someone I was living with at the time who grew up Air Force and thus knows how these things work.

The reason I think this is G. Dub sat there and kept reading the children's book after it happened before he got up to go be Presidential.

The reason I think this is the last time his approval ratings dropped, there was an OMGterrorist threat in New York and gee, look how quick we caught those nasty subway bombers. What? You want us to remember Osama? You want us to remember he's still at large? You want us to apprehend him? LOOK, A PUPPY!


As for Sony?

Good thing I was already using Panasonic for my electronics and that I can't afford any more DVDs.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

You'd think they'd realize another terrorist attack on American soil is going to make it worse for them, not better.

Of course, we're both assuming that the PR side of the Administration can look ahead to the consequences of actions and juggle positive/negative outcomes. There's little empirical evidence of that...

[harmonyfb.livejournal.com]

Interesting how they expect people to trust them and install something they've sent, after their hack-ware secretly installed itself. I certainly wouldn't download anything from them.

[phillyexpat.livejournal.com]

Scary-a lot of people said the same thing about Pearl Harbor. I think a terrorist attack would have the opposite effect, however. This is a man who promised to protect the country-I think the pendulum would swing towards "why didn't you prevent this?" and "maybe if you hadn't gone to war . . ."

What's the deal with Jon Heder? I find him highly overrated.

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

1. GODDAMMIT.

2. Sony's off my list. I just wonder if anyone else is doing this.

3&4. Hee, yay!

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

As despicable as the memo is and as much as I believe that the current admin would easily write it, I can't find *ANY* corroborating articles on any of the "main" news sites. The closest I could find was an opinion piece on Yahoo that linked back to the Capital Hill Blue article.

In other words, I'd take it with a grain of salt.

[silverhill.livejournal.com]

I love that the cardboard box is in the toy hall of fame. And well deserved, too!

Regular cardboard boxes were cool. TV boxes (or other large-ish boxes) were awesome. ... And then there was the rare and coveted refridgerator box. Heaven! It could be anything. And then when we were done playing pretend with it, we'd roll down the hill in it until it fell apart. :)